BRIAN ROSE is aiming to become Britain's fourth reigning world champion when he fights Demetrius Andrade for the WBO light middleweight title in New York on Saturday.

Rose hopes to join Carl Froch, Scott Quigg and Paul Butler as a global champion by negotiating a way past the unbeaten 26-year-old, who was born in the Cape Verde Islands but now resides in America.

Rose will start a huge outsider, especially with Andrade defending the crown in his own country, but recent victories over world-class fighters Joachim Alcine, Vivian Harris and Javier Francisco Maciel means he has fully earned his tilt at the title.

Rose, who has only lost once in 27 fights, said: "I know what I am up against and I know what all the experts are saying, but I am here to shock the world.

"I have been on a sharp upward curve for a long time now and there is no way I am travelling over to New York just to make up the numbers. I am there to win and to bring the world title back to England.

"I've seen Andrade and he is good, but so am I. In the course of the last few years I have faced challenges before and always come up with answers. When I fight Andrade it will be no different, he will just present different challenges.

"I am confident in my own ability and I will prove it against Andrade. I'm in America to make history as one of the very few British fighters to come over the Atlantic and win a world title."

Former British light-middleweight champion Rose has improved significantly since his only career loss, to Max Maxwell four years ago, and since that sole defeat he has racked up 11 straight victories.